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Article: 'Boston Legal': Lawyers On the Loose
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- October 2, 2004
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Outrageous behavior on reality shows may be inspiring, if that is
the word, the writers of TV's episodic dramas to go even farther out
on a larger number of limbs. In other words, fantasy is trying to out-
freak fact, with ABC's sort-of-new "Boston Legal" leading the raucous
brigade. It may be a case of going too far but in such a crazy-daisy
way that it can't help but be entertaining.
One reason, perhaps the principal reason, that the reconstituted
and reconfigured show sparks and sizzles is James Spader, who won
raves for coming to the rescue of this series when it was still "The
Practice" and David E. Kelley was its virtual auteur. Kelley has now
been supplemented with additional ...